Cash-register.



CASH REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9, 1901.

QQVAM, Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

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CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED. D30. 9, 1901.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

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A TORNEYS SEIPEL.

H (msn REGISTER. APPLIOAIION TIL-ED p30. 9, 1901.

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E. sEIPEL; CASH REGISTER.

APPLIUATION FILED DEC. 9, 190 1. 907,4 1 4. Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

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. AZZOE V ject of the King of Prussia, German UNITED srnr nn'r orrron ERNST SEIPEL, OF BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOB, FY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY,

INCORPORATED IN 1906.

OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO,

.. CASH-REGISTER.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

Application filed December 9, 1901. Serial No. 85,213.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNST SEIPEL, a sub Emperor, and a resident of Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, have invented certain new and. useful 1m rovements in Cash-Registers, of which the oilowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates more particularly-to thatclass of registers in which a series of denominational slides are moved to various 81d.

justed positions, and the completion of the operation of the machine is effectedby means of a suitable operating mechanism such as a crank handle; among the objects of my improvements being to provide cer tain interlocking mechanisms between these denominational slides, and automatically to return said slides to zero position, and also to provide a novel drawer 'lockingmechanism.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel fea tures of'construction and combinations of parts, the essential elements of whichare set forth in appended claims and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter specifically described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification.

Of said drawings: Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a machine containing my invention, the cabinet being removed. Fig. 2 represents a top plan view of the slides and the interlocking mechanism. Fig. 3 represents a side elevation of said slides and inter locking mechanism. Fig. 4 represents a vertical cross section through the setting slides i and their connecting gears, the special transaction slide being omitted, however. Figs. 5 and 6' represent detail side elevations of the locking mechanism for the cash drawer and also one of the full-stroke devices. Fig. 7 represents a detail side elevation of one of the guide rollers and supportfor'the slides.

Fig. 8 represents an enlarged detail view of a portion of the locking mechanism for the slides. Fig. 9 represents a detail side elevation of the other full-stroke device; and Fig. 10 represents a top plan view of the same.

The adjustable slides amount slides 1.(see Fig. 2),

comprise four a clerk slide 2 blank spaces upon the other amount of movement of said slides wheel 14, 15 or 1%).

. amount slides being provided with numerals from zero to nine inclusive and the clerk slide being provided with various letters to designate the different clerlrsand the special transaction slide being provided with any other suitable -designations such as shown in .Fig'. 2 which may arbitrarily be determined upon to represent the various special transactions suchas No sale, .Received-onaccount, Paid Out and Charge.

When the slides are all at normal position the zeros upon the amount slides, and the two slides are visible through suitable openings 7 in the cabinet (see dotted lines Fig. 2), so that the may be viewed through said openings and the slide may beset to any desired position. slides are guided in their reciprocatory movements by means of rollers 4 (see Figs. 3 and 7) mounted upon stationary parts 3 of the main frame. the various slides is transmitted to corresponding indicators 20 (Figs. 1 and 4) by the following means. The movementfof each figure slide 1 is imparted to one of the gear wheels 9, 10, 11 and 12 which are in engage-- ment with the teeth formed on the up or side of said slides as shown in Fig. 3,'so t at the reciprocatory movement of said slideis imparted to said gear .wheels; and said Wheels 9, 10, and 11 are mounted on-the ends of concentric loosel revoluble sleeves 13 placed one inside to other and each of which carries at its opposite end a cog "lhe cog wheel 12 is simply loosely revolucly mounted on the outermost sleeve 13 and -directly transmits the movement of its iligure slide. Each of the other four cog wheels 12, 14, 15 and 16 gears respectively vith a series of cog wheels 21, 22 and movement of the slides to the rotary indica-' tors 20 mounted upon a spindle 19. It will thus be seen that when the amount slides are arranged in order to represent dollars and cents from left to right, the indicators 20 23 which transmit thev The The setting movement of will-by thisnested sleeve arrangement, also movement of the wheels 22 may be imparted and a special transaction slide 84, the l to suitable registering wheels but these type wheels and registering wheels are ms shown herein since they of my present invention.' v

The clerk slide 2 transmits its movement constitute no part .by means of a double cog wheel 43 45, Figs. 1 and-4, and'a series of gears 21, 22 and 23 to a further indicator50; and by similar connections the special transactionslide may be geared to its corresponding indicator, no

urther detail descriptionsof these indicators and the connecting mechanisrn' being neces-, sary since they constitute no'part of rny present invention.

Aften the various slides have been .set to the desired positions the operation of the machine is completed by means of an operating handle 30 (see Figs. 5 and 6) which operating handle is fast upon a transverse shaft 24. -Extending downward from said shaft on each'side of the machine are two arms 25 each of which arms carries a pin 26 which engage with slots 28 formed in a slide '-piece or carriage 27, the purpose of these connections being to 'oscillate said slide pieces back and forth with the oscillation of the crank handle 30, said slide pieces 27 being guided upon uide bars 29 attached to the main frame 0' the machine. The aforesaid slide pieces 27, one of them beingsituated on each side of the machine, are joined together at their rearward ends by a horizontal returning bar 37, which returning bar is pivoted to oscillate upon pivotal points 37'. When the operating handle 30 is in its normal position as shown in Fig. 5, the-returnin bar 37 rests at the extremity of. its rearward stroke over recesses 37 formed in each of the guide pieces .29; and when the operating handle is thrown rearward in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 5, the slide pieces 27 are drawn forward by the arms 25 thereby carrying the returning bar '37 forward and the underside of said bar then slides along the upper surface of the guide piece 29 thereby 100 'ng said barfrom oscillatory movement, and if any of the slides have been pushed forward into operative position upon the previous registration as s own in Flg. 5, the said returning bar 37 will contact with the pawl 47 fastened upon theend of each of said bars and will thus positively return all of the operated slidesto normal position as shown in Fi 6. When the handle has reached its ha f stroke as shown in Fig. 6, the returning bar 37 then stands over recesses31 formed in the guidepieces 29 so that said bar 37 is then free to oscillate and is not held in lock ing position; and in'such position of the handle, any one of the slides may be pushed forward-to registering position, when operated in a certain order as hereinafter explained;

, and when so operated the pawl 47 on the end slide pieces 27 are of course returned toward the. rear of the machine and the rearward end of the returning bar 37 strikes the raised slide-way of the guideiece-29 and causes said-bar to be tilted wit its angular portion upwards until the bar has been drawn rearward as faras the recess, portion 37 iii-which normal position the bar againrocks backward freely-to the position shown in Fig; 5;

andin' this rearward excursion of course the bar 37 has no effect upon the registering slides since as shown in dotted linesin Fig. 5,

the pawl 47 may simply move rearward and allow the bar. 37 to pass freely in under It will thus-be seen that in the normal operation of thelmachine the lever 30 stands in the position shown in Fig. 5, and in order to dp-- erate'the machine the o erator first throws the handle into the position shown in Fig. 6, upon which operation the slides are all automatically returned to zero; and then after the slides have been set for. anew registra- .tion the operating'handle is oscillatedbackfl to normal position, in which 0 eration-the returning bar 37 is carried b'acr .tonorm'ah osition at thegrear of the machine without I aving any efl ct upon the setting levers;

I will nowdescribe the interlocking mech- I I 'anism between the various slides, by which when the clerk slide is operated the special transaction slide islocked from further movement and the amount slides. are unlocked, and whereby as soon as. any one of the amount slides has been operated the clerk slide will be locked, so that if a mistake has been made in setting the special transaction slide, all of the amount slides and the clerk slide will have to be returned to normal-position, and if a mistake has been made in setting the clerk slide, all of the amount slides must be returned to zero before the correction of the adjustment can be made. tending below the entire set of slides is a rock shaft 76v (see Figs. 2 and 3), the ends of which shaft are pivotally mounted in levers 74 and 77, each of which is monnted on a short spindle 72 73. The lever 74 is also prolonged rearward, while a separate lever- 75 corresponding to the prolonged lever .74 is mounted on the lever 7 2. On the shaft 76 are ri idly mounted four levers 79 which extend forward. The outer ends of these four leversare enga ed in the under teeth of the four amount slides 1, and alever 78 whichunder side of the special transaction lever 84.

four amount levers and the clerk slide is a shaft 82, to which are made fast four pawls 80 which rest under the four amount levers and because of their weighted rearward ends cause the forward ends to engage pro ections 81 upon the underside of the amount slides thereby normally locking the amount slides in zero position. Also fast to the shaft 82 is a lever 85 (see Fig. 8) which rests with its forward free end in the path of a'projection formed on the under side of the clerk slide 2. Thus when the clerk slide 2 is operated said projection strikes said lever 85 and rocks it downward thereby rocking the shaft 82 and also rocking the locking levers 80 so asito withdraw their forward ends from the path of the lugs 81 levers by this initial movement of the clerk slide 2. And upon such initial movement of the clerk slide 2 a catch pawl 83 (see Fig. 8) drops over the forward end of the lever 85 as shown in dotted lines in said Fig. 8, and thus latches the lever 85 downward and consequently holds the locking levers out of looking position so long as the clerk slide 2 is dis placed from normal position; and of'course upon the return of the clerk slide 2 to normal position the end of said slide strikes the catch pawl 83 and frees the same from contact with the lever 85 and thereby allows said lever to rise and permit the re-locking of the amount levers by the second rocking of the shaft 82. Upon the half-stroke of the handle in the manner already explained, when the slide pieces 27 and returning bar 37 are drawn for ward so as to return all of the levers to normal position, the upper surfaces 86 of the slide pieces 27 (see Fig. 3) strike the levers 74 and 75 thereby rocking said levers about their pivotal points 72 and 73 respectively and thus carrying the rock shaft 7 6 slightlyupward into operative position.

When the amount slides 1 are in normal position as shown in Fig. 3 the forward ends of the levers 79 stand directly in under the forward indentation on the under side of the slides 1 and as soon as the clerk slide 2 is moved, the teeth on its under side ride over the 'lever 78 and thereby rock the shaft 76 and also oscillate the levers 79 up and down into engagement with the aforesaid forward indentations; then as soon as one of the amount slides is moved, which have been unlocked by the movement of the clerk slide,

the solid under portion of said slide now j lever 30 is 5 row 91, Fig. 5, the following device comes abuts against the lever 79 forcing the same downward and thereby rocking the lever 78 ulpward to lock against the teeth of the clerk s ide 2.

any amount slide is moved after the clerk and thus unlock all of the amount lever Thus it will be seen that as soon as l tion 93 on the cash drawer, and the shorter arm of this elbow lever 92 normally bears 87 and 88 which are arranged respectively under the clerk slide and the special transaction slide is similar to this arrangement of the levers 78 and 79 just described; that-is, the forward end of the lever 87 stands under the forward indentation on the under side of the clerk slide when said clerk slide is in normal position so that the movement of the special transaction slide will roduce' no locking effect uponthe clerk sli e; but as soon asthe clerk slide has been moved its solid portion on the under side thereof will ride over the upper side of the lever 87 and force said lever downward thereby'forcin-g upward the lever 88 into engagement with the indentations on the under side of the special transaction lever and thereby lock the latter lever from movement until the clerk slide has been returned to normal position. Thus it will be seen that after the special transaction lever has been moved and the clerk slide hasthen been moved and this has been followed by the movement of the amount levers to proper setting positions, both the clerk slide and the special transaction slide will be locked from further movement and the clerk slide cannot be moved until the amount levers have been returned to zero and the special transaction a slide cannot be moved until the clerk slide has been returned to zero. Of course all this locking operation takes place when the operating handle 30 is oscillated to its half-stroke position as shown in Fig. 6 at which time the slide pieces 27. force the rock shaft 76 upward so as to permit of this interlocking between the keys, and as soon as the handle has been returned to normal position the rock shaft 76 is again dropped to normal position so as to disable this locking mechanism; and if it is desired to lock the various slides after the handle has returned to normal position any one of the various suitable locking means well known in the art may be employed, I not having shown any such means since it is not an essentialpart of my present invention.

In order to provide for the release of the cash drawer by means of the operation of the One arm of a second elbow into operation.

projec- 92 is adapted to engage with a slide' has been moved, the clerk slide will then l against the carriage 27 whereby the longer be positively locked from further movement until allof the amount slides are returned to ment with the projection 65 zero position. The arrangement of the levers carriage 27 is moved forward by means of the 93, but when the lever, the shorter arm of the elbow lever 92 loses its support, so that its longer heavier arm descends, and its projection9 l engages the projection 93 on the cash drawer, whereby the latter is locked in its second position. in

the further forward movement of thecash lever 30 in the direction of the arrow 91, Fig. 5, the first lock or elbow lever 89 is operated by a segment 95 or the like fixed on the shaft of the cash lever 30 encountering the upper arm of the elbow lever 89 and turning the latter so far that its other arm comes out of .en gagement with the projection 90 on the cash.

drawer. On the further turning of the lever 30 the segment 95 turns the elbow lever 89 still-further, until a projection 96 on said el- 7 bow lever is engaged and caught by the projection 99 ofa suspended pawl 100 as shown in Fig. 6.

- cash drawer.

l proceeds in the adding mechanism (not being.

The forward movement of the lever 30 is now ended, so that the registering slides 1 may be adjusted while the addition shown in the drawings). At the end of the return movement of the handle 30, .the carriage 27 encounters the shorter arm ofthe elbow lever 92, and brings the latter out of engagement'with the projection 93 of the Both elbow levers 89 and 92 are then'out of engagement with the cash drawer. The latter is thus released at the right time and may be withdrawn from the cash register. On the cash drawer being again mserted, the pro ections on the san o encounter a tooth 102 pivotally mounted on yield. Consequently the sus ension pawl 100 is carried along with it an turned until it releases the projection-96 of the elbow lever 89 and this latter again comes into engagement with the projection 90 of the cash drawer thus again locking the latter. The cash drawer slides on the usual form of guide rollers such as 151 (see Fig. hand if desired an additional guide rod 153 may be provided.

In order to prevent fraud or any-improper handling, the following arrangement is adopted by means of which any return movement of the lever 30 before the completion of its forward movement is prevented.

'rupted in an improper manner before the An elbow lever 105, Figs.-' 5 and 6, is provided on the front side of the carriage 27 the longer arm of which elbow lever is formed as a pawl 106. If the cash lever 30 bemoved backward in the directionof the arrow 101, Fig. 6, the pawl 106 slips over the teeth of a fixed scale or bar 107. If'however the further movement of the cash lever-30' be intercompletion of this movement, the pawl 106 engages in one of the teeth of the scale or opposite direction of the cash lever 30.

bar 107, and prevents-a movement in the Unly at'the end of the movement of the cash lever 30 in the direction of the arrow 101 does the pawl 106.come' out'of engagement with the teeth of the scale .or bar 107 as the shorter arm of the pawl 105 encotlnters a pin 108 provided on the bar 107, so that the other arm of the elbow lever 105 forming the pawl 106 is elevated, andby its own weight the projection 109 on the said elbow lever 106 engages a projection 110 of a catch pawl 111 also mounted on the front end of the carriage 27, whichpawl 111 holds the pawl 106 in an elevated position, so that the cash lever 80 can be movedforward in the direc tion of the arrow, Fig. 15. of this forward movement does'the pawl 106 again come into engagement :with the teeth of the bar 107, the catch pawl 111 encountering a pin. 1 12 provided onthe bar' -107,

whereby the pawlis disengaged from the projection 109.- .An exactlysinsilar locking mechanism is'also provided a the other side of the machine as shown irilli' 9 and-10, in order that when the forwar oveme'nt of the cash lever the direction of the arrow Only at the end I is commenced, it is impossible to make a movement of the lever in-the opposite "direction. This locking mechanism consists of exactly similar parts to those before described namely a toothed bar. 107, apaWI lever 105, catch pawl 111, and contact-pins 108 and 1.12.

In ordertoprovide for the printing of a slip inconnec't'ion with each operation of the machine, I. provide a casing at the righthand side of the machine as shown in Fig. 1, said casing having an opening 120 into which the slip maybe inserted, and then said opening may be closed by means of a lid 121 which is hinged at 125; but as this slip printing mechanism constitutes no part of my present invention I shall not give any further description of the same.

While the mechanism here shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfil the objects rimarily stated, it is ,to be understood that i do not care to confine myself to any oneform of embodiment of the invention here disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms allcoming within the scope of the claims which follow.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. In a cash register, the combination with a series of amount setting elements, of a special setting element, adjustable to a plurality of different 0 erative setting positions,

2. In a cash register, the combination with a series of amount setting elements, of a special clerks setting element, a special transaction setting element, means for look ing .the special transaction setting element when the clerks setting element is operated, j and means for locking the clerks special element when any one of the amount settingvele naent when any one otsaid amount elements ments is operated.

3. In a cash register, the combination l with an operating mechanism, of a series of amount setting elements, a special clerks setting element, adjustable to a plurality of difierent operative setting positions, means for locking the amount setting elements until the clerks setting element is operated,.

and-means for preventing the return of the clerks setting element to its normal posiafter any one of a series of controlling elements arran tio :l until the operating mechanism is actu- 4. In a cash register, the combination with a series of adjustable amount setting elements, of a clerks adjustable setting element, and a rock shaft common to both'sets of elements, with provisions connected with said rock shaft for engaging said elements and locking the clerks, element in its set position said amount elements has been'moved from normal position.

5. In I cashregister, the combination with a series of setting elements, of means for re-' turning said elements to their normal positions, alocking device intermediate said elements, and mechanism connected to the returning de ce for controlling the locking device 6-. acash register, the combination v ith e to be moved to different positions for di erent transactions, of locking devices for the diiierent elements for compelling certain successive movements of same, mechanism for returning all the elements to their normal ositions, and means for throwing out said ocking devices during such return movements.

7. In a cash register, the combination with an operating handle, of aseries of amount controlling elements, a special controlling element, interlocking devices between said amount elements and said special element for locking the latter after any one of the former has been moved from normal position, and means connected with said operating handle for enabling and disabling said interlocking means.

8. In a cash register, the combination with an operating handle, of a series of amount ment when any one of said amount elements is operated and fgr lockin said special transaction element when sai clerks element is operated, and means connected with said operating handle for enabling and disabling said interlocking means. a

9. In a cash register, the combination withan operating handle, of a series of amount controlling elements, a clerks controlling element and a special transaction controllin element, of interlocking devices betweensai' various elementsfor locking the clerks eleis operated" and for locking said special trans action element when said clerks element is operated, and means connected with said operating handle for returning all of said elements to normal position and for causing the operative positioning of said interlocking means.

10. In a cash register, the combination v with an operating mechanism having divided movements, of a series of adjustable setting elements, means ror returning said setting elements to normal position .upon the first portion of movement of said operating mechanism, a cash drawer, two latch devices for said drawer, means for operating one latch upon the aforesaid first portion of movement of said operatin mechanism, means for operating the other atch upon the other portion of movement of said operatin mechanism, and means for retaining the iirst operated latch in inoperative position until after the second-latch has been operated.

11. In a cash register, the combination with an operating mechanism, of a cash drawer, two latch devices for said drawer, means for successively operating said latches by said operating mechanism, and means independent of said operatin mechanism forretaining the first operated atch in inoperative position until the second latch has been operated.

12. In a cash register, thecombination with an operating mechanism having divided movements, of a cash drawer, two latch devices for said drawer, means for operating one of said latches upon one portion of the movement of said operating mechanism, means for operating the other latch upon the other portion of movement of'said operating mechanism, and means for latching the first 0 erated latch in inoperative posltion until a ter the second latch has been 0 erated.

13. In a cash register, the'com ination with an operating mechanism, of a cash drawer, two latch devices for said drawer, means for successively operating said latches by said operating mechanism, means for retaining the first operated latch in ino )erative position until the second latch has een operated, and means for releasing the first operated latch upon the closing movement of the drawer.

14. In a cash register, the combination' with an operating mechanism having divided movements, of a cash drawer, two latch devices for said drawer, means for opera-ting one of said latches upon one portion of the movement of said operating mechanism, means for operating the other latch upon the other portion of movement of said operating mechanism, means for latchin the first operated latch in ino erative position until after the second late has been operated, and means for releasing the first operated latch upon the closing movement of the 10 drawer.

15. In a cash register, the combination with a series of amount setting elements adjustable to a plurality of difierent operative setting positions, of a special setting element .15 also ad ustable to a plurality of difierent-operative setting positions, and means controlled by the displacement of any of ,said amount elements: to anyone of the said plurality of, setting positions, for looking said special element against return to normal position after it has been moved therefrom;

16. In a cash register, the combination with difierentially movable value, clerks and positions, means preventing movement of a 40 valueelement until a. clerks element has been moved, and means preventing readjustment of a clerks element while avalue I element is away from normal position. a

19. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality. of differentially movable value elements, an identifying element also movable differentially, means for locking the value elements in normal position until the identifying element has been moved, and

means preventing readjustment of said identransaction 'elements,. .of. meansgireventing tifying element while any value element is out of normal position.

"20. In a cash register, the combination i with a plurality" of differentially movable controlling elements. all normally operative, of

means preventing them from being set ex cept in a predetermined order.

21. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of .difierentially movable controlling elements all normally operative, of means controlled by a movement of one of said elements for locking another element;

against subsequent operation.

22. In a' cash re ister, the combination with two differentia y movable setting'lslides,

both normally operative, of locking means'= g them from being set-except ina "predetermined order.

preventin 23. In a cash register, with two differentially adjustable setting slides, both normally operative, of means the combination made operative by adjustment of one of saidslides for preventing subsequent adjustment of the-other slide.

24. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of differentially adjustable controlling elements, ofmeans made opera.

tive by adjustment ofone of said elements for preventing subsequen adjustment of an other of said elements. a

25. In a cash register, the combination with a reciprocating element having a constant excursion, of an adjacent stationary rack, a pawl carried by' sa1d element and adapted to engage the rack and having a depending projection, a locking pawl having a depending projection, and pms-on said rack positioned to engage said projections.

26. In a cash register, the combination with a cash -safe having a movable part, and having two projections on said movable part, of separate locking devices for engaging said projections, and a common means for causing release of said locking devices.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses. ERNST SEIPEL. Witnesses:

HENRY HAsPER, 'WOLDEMAR HATTPT. 

